faen

faen

1. third-person plural present indicative of faer

From English fine.

faen

1. A fine
   • 2008, Miriam Meyerhoff, Social lives in language--sociolinguistics and multilingual speech‎^[1], →ISBN, page 344:

     Bang i wantem mi faen from mi ovaspen.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• fanden (juxtaposed form)
• fan

Contraction of fanden (“the Devil”), from late Old Norse fendinn, perhaps from Frisian with the original meaning "the tempter, he who tempts". Compare Old Norse fjándinn (“the enemy”), definite of fjándi (“enemy, foe, devil”). Cognate with Danish fanden, Icelandic fjandi, Faroese fanin and Swedish fan. See also djevel.

• IPA^(key): [fɑːən]

faen m

1. the Devil, Satan
2. (about persons) devil, bastard

   Stakkars faen, jeg synes synd på deg.

   Poor devil, I pity you.

   Du er en sleip faen.

   You’re a cunning devil.

   Hvordan skal en fattig faen overleve her?

   How is a poor bastard supposed to survive here?

• (The Devil, Satan): fanden, den vonde, Gamle-Erik, hinmannen, djevelen, satan/Satan
• (devil, bastard): stakkar

faen

1. damn, shit, hell, fuck

   Fy faen!

   Fuck!, Oh, shit!

   Faen ta deg!

   Fuck you!, Damn you! (literally, May the devil take you!)

   Det var som faen!

   I’ll be damned!, Bloody hell!

   Ikke faen!

   Hell no!

Note that when designating Satan, the Devil, the long form fanden is preferred.

• helvete, pokker, søren

• “faen” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “faen” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• fan (juxtaposed form)
• fanden

Contraction of fanden (“the Devil”), from late Old Norse fendinn, perhaps from Frisian with the original meaning "the tempter, he who tempts". Compare Old Norse fjándinn (“the enemy”), definite of fjándi (“enemy, foe, devil”). Cognate with Danish fanden and Swedish fan. See also djevel.

• IPA^(key): [fɑːən]

faen m

1. the Devil, Satan
2. (about persons) devil, bastard

   Stakkars faen, eg føler med deg.

   Poor devil, I pity you.

   Du er ein sleip faen.

   You’re a cunning devil.

   Korleis skal ein fattig faen overleve her?

   How is a poor bastard supposed to survive here?

• (The Devil, Satan): fanden, den vonde, Gamle-Erik, hinmannen, djevelen, satan/Satan
• (devil, bastard): stakkar

faen

1. damn, shit, hell, fuck

   Fy faen!

   Fuck!

   Faen ta deg!

   Fuck you!, Damn you! (literally, May the devil take you!)

   Det var som faen!

   I’ll be damned!, Bloody hell!

   Ikkje faen!

   Hell no!

   Kva faen som skjer her?!

   What the hell happens here?!

Note that when designating Satan, the Devil, the long form fanden is preferred.

• farsken
• dæsken, dæven
• fillern, fyttikatta, fyttirakkern
• pokker, søren

• “faen” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “faen” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• FAEN! (Lasse Gjertsen about the word faen at YouTube)

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /vaːɨ̯n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /vai̯n/

faen

1. soft mutation of maen

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /fan˨˦/
• Tone numbers: faen¹
• Hyphenation: faen

From Chinese 分 (MC pjun).

faen (Sawndip form 𰂐, 1957–1982 spelling fən)

1. to divide; to split up
2. to assign; to allot
3. to distinguish; to differentiate

faen (1957–1982 spelling fən)

1. grade; mark; score; point

faen (1957–1982 spelling fən)

1. fen; cent; penny
2. minute (unit of time)
3. minute (unit of angle)
4. a unit of length equivalent to 3+¹⁄₃ mm
5. a unit of area equivalent to 66+²⁄₃ square metres
6. a unit of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₂ gram
7. a rate of interest, calculated as ¹⁄₁₀ of the capital for annual interest or ¹⁄₁₀₀ of the capital for monthly interest

Compare Bouyei wanl, Shan ၽၼ်း (phán), Sui vanl, Proto-Be *vənᴬ², Proto-Hlai *fjən.

faen (Sawndip forms 𥸹 or 魂 or 粉 or 𮂹 or 斈 or 粒, 1957–1982 spelling fən)

1. seed

   Synonyms: ceh, (dialectal) faenz, (dialectal) vaen, (dialectal) hoen